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Re: Check if files equal

• Posted by 10963508 at europeonline.com Jul 07, 2002
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Files are not databases, they are .zip .avi and .mp3 files mainly (stuff
coming down from satellite) - so they are compressed in some way.
Speed is more important than accuracy.

Tone Skoda

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Parnell" <Derek.Parnell at SYD.RABOBANK.COM>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: Check if files equal


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> Hi all,
> in the original question put to the list by Tone, he mentioned 500MB+
files.
> I'm guessing that these are databases, given the size. If so, checking the
> bytes from the front of the files is probably a good idea because a lot of
> database systems keep pointers and stamps near the front of the database
> file. Thus, even if the file sizes haven't been changed, a short scan will
> probably find a changed stamp or pointer. If you get about 25% through the
> files and haven't found a mismatch, you might take a risk that they are
the
> same - or you might like to check the last 25% too. Just a thought.
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> Derek.
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